Governance

Sustainability Management Structure

The Office for Sustainability Management was established in April 2023 to accelerate sustainability in organizational and operational management. The Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Director General for Sustainability Management were appointed in October 2023. Since October 2024, the Executive Senior Vice President has taken over the role of CSO.

The Sustainability Committee established in November 2022 held a total of seven meetings by the end of FY2023. The committee discussed the topics below and confirmed directions for future activities.

•JICA’s sustainability management and procedures
•Sustainability management roadmap
•Organizational climate change responses
•Business and human rights
•Climate risk identification and its management system
•Medium- to long-term commitment for addressing climate change in JICA projects
•JICA Sustainability Policy
•Mainstreaming of biodiversity
•Directions and plans for internal and external engagement

Engagement inside the organization​

In parallel with cooperation and co-creation with outside partners, it is also important to promote engagement within the organization, through which everyone at JICA works for sustainability management. We are working to strengthen interactive communications so that everyone understands JICA’s direction and purpose, maintain an awareness of autonomously contributing to achieving those goals, and act accordingly. In FY2023, the Office for Sustainability Management, together with related departments, conducted a total of 31 events within the organization, including seminars and training, with more than 1,800 persons in attendance overall.

Corporate Governance​

Details of JICA’s corporate governance is as below.